So much to lose
Rust, William J.
So much to lose John F. Kennedy and American policy in Laos / [electronic resource] : William J. Rust. - Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Studies in conflict, diplomacy and peace . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: we've got so much to lose if that thing goes sour -- We cannot enforce what we would like -- A wide measure of discretion -- Less precise language than we desire -- A disagreeable, hard, and dangerous fact -- A severe loss of face -- A very hazardous course -- A colossal booby trap -- We do not have the power of decision -- Tenuous at best -- A piece of war -- We're going to have to take some action -- Epilogue: an awful mess.
9780813144788 0813144787
Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963.
United States--Foreign relations--1961-1963.
Laos--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Laos.
Electronic books.
E183.8.L3 / R88 2014
327.730594090/46
So much to lose John F. Kennedy and American policy in Laos / [electronic resource] : William J. Rust. - Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Studies in conflict, diplomacy and peace . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: we've got so much to lose if that thing goes sour -- We cannot enforce what we would like -- A wide measure of discretion -- Less precise language than we desire -- A disagreeable, hard, and dangerous fact -- A severe loss of face -- A very hazardous course -- A colossal booby trap -- We do not have the power of decision -- Tenuous at best -- A piece of war -- We're going to have to take some action -- Epilogue: an awful mess.
9780813144788 0813144787
Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963.
United States--Foreign relations--1961-1963.
Laos--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Laos.
Electronic books.
E183.8.L3 / R88 2014
327.730594090/46